Device for pulling off felt boots



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(Application filed Oct. 23, 1897.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT Frrcn.

OLIVER WVILLIAM MORLEY, OF WOODLAND, MICHIGAN.

DEVICE FOR PULLlNG OFF FELT BOOTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,872, dated December 13, 1898.

Application filed October 23, 1897. Serial No. 656,158. (No model.)

To alt whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OLIVER WILLIAM MOR- LEY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Woodland, in the county of Barry and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Pulling OE Felt Boots; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a perspective view illustrating the use of the invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of a portion of a felt boot with which the invention is to be used, and Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the pulling device.

This invention is designed to provide 11] cans of improved character for removing felt boots from the feet; and it consists in a device of the novel character and construction hereinafter described and claimed.

This device consists of a loop portion A and a hook portion B, formed integrally with said loop portion from iron or other suitable material. The loop portion is of semi-oval form and is of the proper size to receive the foot. The hook portion consists of an arm which projects centrally from the convex side of the loop in the plane thereof and is bent over at its free end portion.

The boots with which the device is to be used should be provided with a tab D, as

shown in the accompanying drawings. This tab is ofleather or other suitable material and is fastened to the leg portion of the boot, at the back, just above the heel. Ithas therein an opening 01, which is designed to be engaged by the hook B.

To use the device, the foot from which the boot is to be removed is raised and the hook B is engaged with the opening 01 of the tab D of the said boot. The other foot is then placed in the loop and pushed until the boot is removed. It will be readily seen that great pressure may be brought to bear upon the boot by the use of this'device, since the whole strength of the leg can be brought to bear upon it,.and a boot cannot be worn which fits so tightly thatit cannot be readily and quickly pulled off by the use of such device.

Having thus described my invention, what Ielaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described device for removing felt boots, said device consisting of a frame formed with an opening therethrough to receive the foot, and with an arm projecting centrally from one side of said frame and bent upon itself to form a hook designed to engage a seat therefor on the heel portion of the .boot to be removed, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OLIVER \VILLIAM MORLEY.

WVitnesses:

LAWRENCE L. FAUL, JAS. W. EDWARDS. 

